372 stories by "Dave McNary"
Unlike its rival movie studios, Disney is not looking at an early premium video-on-demand window for theatricals, according to Chairman-CEO Bob Iger. The executive made that point emphati…
The Walt Disney Company has topped Wall Street earnings estimates for its fiscal second quarter that ended on March 31, thanks to strong performances by feature films and theme parks. The co…
Longtime Disney production executive Kristin Burr is transitioning to a Disney-based producing deal on the Burbank lot as Burr! Productions. Burr joined Disney in 1997 as a creative executiv…
Dave Chappelle has joined Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the Warner Bros. remake of “A Star is Born.” Cooper is also directing, which marks his feature film helming debut. He is…
Fox 2000 has hired “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail to direct World War II female pilots drama “Silver Wings.” The film will be produced by Anonymous Content's Michael…
Joseph David-Jones has joined the cast of Denzel Washington’s crime drama “Inner City,” written and directed by Dan Gilroy. Cross Creek will co-finance the film under its S…
Salma Hayek blisters John Lithgow’s self-satisfied real-estate mogul at a dinner party that goes off the rails in the first trailer for Roadside Attractions’ dark comedy “B…
LAS VEGAS — An impassioned Christopher Nolan introduced intense footage from his World War II epic “Dunkirk,” expressing his goal of taking moviegoers back to the massive 1…
Owners of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is planning to launch an immersive esports theater in its adjacent Chinese 6 Theatre complex. No timetable was disclosed in the announcement, m…
Fox is developing a movie musical inspired by Pharrell Williams’Â childhood. Broadway director Michael Mayer is attached to helm “Atlantis” with Gil Netter, Williams, and…
Disney is in talks with Thea Sharrock, director of “Me Before You,” to helm its movie version of the gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” British director Mike N…
IFC Films has acquired the independent drama “Wakefield,” starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner, for a May 19 theatrical release and a May 26 VOD launch. The film, which sc…
More than 180 art houses in North America and Europe have scheduled April 4 showings of “1984,” the dystopian drama starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. “1984” dire…
Disney’s animated hit “Moana” is expected to cross the $600 million mark at the global box office on Thursday, thanks to a strong opening in Japan last weekend. “M…
New footage from “Star Wars:Â The Last Jedi” debuted at Disney’s annual shareholders meeting in Denver, more than nine months before the ninth “Star Wars” mov…
You can soon experience the music of “La La Land” live in concert. Lionsgate is launching a worldwide concert tour that will premiere May 26 and May 27 at the Hollywood Bowl. The…
Disney is in early talks with Jared Leto for the actor to star in and produce a live-action “Tron 3” movie. No writer has been hired. If the project moves forward, Justin Springe…
“Spotlight” writer-director Tom McCarthy is re-writing Disney's “Christopher Robin,” bringing momentum to the live-action fantasy movie. The move to hire McCarthy, wh…
On Feb. 24 at the Beverly Hilton hotel, the Publicists Guild, a unit of the International Cinematographers Guild, will bestow trophies to many of its own members, and will accord special hon…
Imax and Disney have renewed their longstanding slate deal through 2019, and disclosed that director Rian Johnson shot key sequences of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” using Imax̵…
Angela Lansbury has joined the cast of "Mary Poppins Returns," the sequel to Disney's 1964 film "Mary Poppins." The movie is currently filming at Shepperton Studios in London. Lansbury will …
Awards season frontrunner “La La Land” has added another award — a “Made in Hollywood” prize from the City of Los Angeles in recognition of making LionsgateR…
Disney and Lucasfilm have announced a Sept. 1 launch for “Star Wars Force Friday II,” a global fan event celebrating the launch of new products inspired by the upcoming "Star War…
Fox 2000 and “La La Land” producer Marc Platt are developing “The Fox Hunt,” based on Mohammed Al-Samawi’s autobiography about becoming a peace activist in Y…
“La La Land” has found romance in China, earning an impressive $12.5 million on its Valentine’s Day-launch, including previews. The China opening brings the film’s wo…
